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01X 769C TRUCK Systems Operation

Media Number SENR6868-00 Publication Date 1994/04/01 Update Date 1995/12/07

Pressure Control Valve Group

Pressure Control Valve Group

(1) Drain passage (seven). (2) Passage to No. 3 clutch. (3) Drain passages. (4) Passage to No. 5
clutch. (5) Pilot passage (seven). (6) Passage to No. 1 clutch. (7) Drain passage (seven). (8)
Passage to No. 2 clutch. (9) Passage to No. 4 clutch. (10) Selector piston (seven). (11) Load piston
(seven). (12) Modulation reduction valve (seven). (13) Passage to No. 6 clutch. (14) Passage from
pump. (15) Passage to No. 7 clutch. (A, B, C, E, F, G, H) Load piston body identification. (D) Not

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used.

The pressure control group has seven pressure modulation reduction valves (12); one valve for each
clutch in the transmission. This gives separate control to the pressure and time that it takes to engage
and release each clutch. This is known as Individual Clutch Modulation (ICM). Each load piston body
has a letter identification on it for disassembly and assembly purposes.

Pilot passages (5) are connected to passages from the rotary selector spool of the selector group.
Pump oil from the selector valve group is in passage (14). Drain passages (3) are connected to the
reservoir (drain).

All of the modulation reduction valves operate in a similar way. For this reason, only the basic
operation of one valve is given.

Shift Started (Clutch Filling)

Modulation Reduction Valve At Start Of Shift

(1) Drain passage. (2) Passage for pump oil. (3) Passage to clutch. (4) Drain passage. (5) Springs.
(6) Load piston. (7) Passage in selector piston. (8) Selector piston. (9) Pilot passage. (10) Spring.

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(11) Modulation reduction valve. (12) Ball check. (13) Load piston orifice. (14) Load piston plug. (15)
Decay orifice. (16) Drain passage. (17) Selector piston plug. (18) Load piston body.

When a shift is started (a clutch is to be engaged), pilot passage (9) gets pilot oil at the correct
sequence from the rotary selector spool. Selector piston (8) along with load piston (6) move against
the force of springs (5). Modulation reduction valve (11) move against the force of spring (10).
Passage (3) becomes blocked to drain passage (4) and open to passage (2). The pump oil now goes
to fill the clutch.

At this time, oil flows through load piston orifice (13) and passage (7). This oil goes between selector
piston (8) and load piston (6).

Shift Completed (Clutch Engaged)

Modulation Reduction Valve At End Of Shift

(1) Drain passage. (2) Passage for pump oil. (3) Passage to clutch. (4) Drain passage. (5) Springs.
(6) Load piston. (7) Passage in selector piston. (8) Selector piston. (9) Pilot passage. (10) Spring.
(11) Modulation reduction valve. (12) Ball check. (13) Load piston orifice. (14) Load piston plug. (15)
Decay orifice. (16) Drain passage. (17) Selector piston plug. (18) Load piston body.

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After the clutch is full of oil, the pressure of the pump oil increases in the selected clutch. Load piston
(6) moves against the force of springs (5). Clutch oil also goes through an orifice in modulation
reduction valve (11). Ball check (12) opens and oil goes into the slug chamber at the left end of the
valve. This oil pressure works against the pressure at the end of load piston (6). The pressure
increases until load piston (6) is moved all the way to the left against its stop. The pressure in the
clutch is now at its maximum. Modulation reduction valve (11) moves right and left to keep the
pressure in passage (3) constant.

Two components control the amount of time it takes for the pressure in the clutch to get to its
maximum: the size of load piston orifice (13) and the force of springs (5). The force of springs (5) can
be changed by the removal or addition of shims in load piston (6).

Clutch Disengaged (Released)

Modulation Reduction Valve With Clutch Disengaged

(1) Drain passage. (2) Passage for pump oil. (3) Passage to clutch. (4) Drain passage. (5) Springs.
(6) Load piston. (7) Passage in selector piston. (8) Selector piston. (9) Pilot passage. (10) Spring.
(11) Modulation reduction valve. (12) Ball check. (13) Load piston orifice. (14) Load piston plug. (15)
Decay orifice. (16) Drain passage. (17) Selector piston plug. (18) Load piston body.

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When a clutch is disengaged (released), pilot passage (9) is open to drain through the rotary selector
spool. The force of springs (5) moves selector piston (8) all the way to the right against load piston
body (18). Passage (7) is now in alignment with drain passage (16). The force of springs (5) moves
load piston (6) all the way to the right against selector piston (8).

Modulation reduction valve (11) is moved all the way to the right by the force of spring (10). In this
position, pump oil in passage (2) can not go into passage (3). Passage (3) is now open to drain
passage (4) and the pressure in the clutch is released. Decay orifice (15) in drain passage (16)
controls the amount of time it takes for the pressure in the clutch to release.

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